“My job is to try and bring attention to places that don't have it” TryingJobsAttention Author:Judy Woodruff
“All the research shows that the presence of that phone will do two things to the conversation. It will make the conversation go to trivial matters, and it will decrease the amount of empathy that the two people in the conversation feel toward each other. That phone is a signal that either of us can put our attention elsewhere.” PeopleFeelsTwoMatterShowsAttentionAmountConversationEmpathyResearchPhonesTwo ThingsElsewhereSignalsDecrease Author:Judy Woodruff
“Create sacred spaces in the workplace as well. Classrooms, five years ago, professors would say, I don't want be a nanny to my students. They can do whatever they want. Now professors are saying, put away that laptop, because studies show that it not only takes away the attention of the person who's on the laptop from the class, but everyone around them. There's like a circle around that person that's distracted and not paying attention.” WantYearsWellsPersonsShowsCan DoSpaceAttentionClassStudyFiveStudentsYears AgoSacredCirclesPay AttentionFive YearsProfessorsClassroomWorkplaceDistractedLaptopsNanniesSacred Space Author:Judy Woodruff
“Young people realize that something is amiss. There's a generation that fell in love with their phones, and it's very hard for them to see that there's a problem. But young people are desperate for the attention of their parents, who are really not paying attention to them.” PeopleHardProblemYoungParentRealizingAttentionGenerationsPhonesPay AttentionDesperate Author:Judy Woodruff
“That's one of the surprises in the research, that's it's not young people who are smitten with their phones. It's their parents who are not paying attention to them.” PeopleYoungParentAttentionResearchSurprisePhonesPay AttentionSmitten Author:Judy Woodruff
“I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.” PeopleIfsThinkingChanceAttentionPaidHorribleDictator Author:Judy Woodruff
